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Elimination of ‘Defensive Medicine’

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Elimination of ‘Defensive Medicine’ = $100-178 billion savings per year. Our justice system forces doctors to conduct medical treatments specifically designed to avoid lawsuits. Most of these procedures are unnecessary and expensive. Of course, this is easy to say, but harder to enact. Representative Tome Price (R-GA), a licensed surgeon, has proposed the HealthCOURT Act that creates a ’safe harbor’ for doctors that agree to embrace a set of clinical best practices. It would exempt doctors from medical malpractice claims for physicians that follow and document best-in-class standards in their treatment.

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Submitted by amuse 2 years ago

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  1. Bryan Sexton said:

    That would be great, but there would have to be an airtight way of keeping the trial layers from bypassing the system.

    2 years ago
  2. amuse said:

    First, "Kill all the lawyers."

    2 years ago